Wind-wheel



(ModeL) J. M. FLINT.

WIND WHEEL.

No. 317,756. Patented Mav 12 1885.

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lJNrTnn STATES PATENT Brion.

JARVIS M. FLINT, OF THAYER, KANSAS.

WIND-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,756, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed June 2, 1884.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JARVIS M. FLINT, of Thayer, Neosho county, and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved \Vind- Wheel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved wind-wheel which runs easily and has great power, is simple in construction, and is strong and durable and cheap.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved wind-wheel, part being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a face view of the universal joint, and Fig. 4 is a cross'sectional elevation of the same on the line :0 ac, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the different positions the beam and wings assume with relation to each other and to the tower when the beam has reached the limits of its opposite movements.

A vertical tubular shaft is journaled in an upright frame, B, the lower end of the shaft resting on a step, 0. A bevel cog-wheel, D, rigidly mounted on the shaft A, engages with a pinion, E, on a horizontal crank-shaft, F, with which the pump-rod G or other connecting-rod is connected;

On the upper end of the shaft A a trussed' beam, H, is rigidly mounted, and carries a counterbalancing-weight, I, onits shorter end. On the longer end a vertical shaft, J, is held in the end of the beam H and in a bar, K, secured on the upper edge of the same and projecting upward and toward the end of the beam H, and on the said shaft J two journaled boxes, L, are held to turn, which boxes are held between two wings, L L, between which two other journal-boxes, M, are held opposite each other and on a line at right angles to the shaft J, in which boxes M a horizontal shaft, N, is journaled, on the ends of which the wings or blades 0 are secured, the

(Model) said wings usually hanging vertically. A chain or rope,P, is secured to'the middle of a cross-bar, P, uniting the upper ends of the wings O, and a chain or rope, Q, is secured to the middle of the outer edge of one wing O, the said chains or ropes passing over the pulleys a, b, c, and d on the beam H, and then through the tubular shaft A. Vhen there is a strong wind, the chain P is pulled, thereby pulling the top of the wings 0 toward the frame B and the bottom from the frame B, whereby less surfaceis presented and a greater angle to the wind is formed, and the machine runs as slow and steady as it does in a light wind.

By means of the rope Q the wings can be drawn around against the beam to throw the same out of the wind and stop the mill. The rope Q is always slack when the mill is running.

When the machine runs in an ordinary wind, all the chains are loose and the wings O hang free and independent.

The operation is as follows: Supposing the wind to be blowing in the direction of the arrows and the beam and wings to be in the position shown in full lines, Fig. 5, the wind acting on the wings 0 will carry them and the beam H to the position shown in dotted lines, when the wind will again act on the wings to return them and the beam to the position shown in full lines, thus making a forward and backward movement. This forward and backward movement of the beam H, through the medium of the bevelgearing D E, imparts a reciprocating movement to the pump or other connecting rod, G.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a wind-wheel, the combination, with a beam mounted on a'vertical shaft,of the Vertical shaft J on the free end of the beam, the rings L L, the journal-boxes M and L, the transverse shaft N, and the wings 'O on the ends of the shaft N, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a wind-Wheel, the combination, with the tubular shaftA, of the beam H, the wings O,held on the end of the beam and adapted to be inclined in the vertical and horizontal planes, and the ropes or chains P Q, secured to the wings and passed through the tubular shaft, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a wind-wheel, the combination, with a vertical shaft adapted to revolve on its longitudinal axis, of a beam mounted rigidly on the upper end of the said shaft and adapted to oscillate in the horizontal plane, a balancing-Weight on one end of the beam, and Wings 10 or blades on the opposite end of the beam, substantially as herein shown and described.

JARVIS M. FLINT. Witnesses:

S. W. BREWSTER, S. G. AXTELL. 

